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Helicarionoidea

(Superfamily)

Overview

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Helicarionoidea is a superfamily of air-breathing land snails and semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the limacoid clade.2]

Families

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There are three families within the superfamily Helicarionoidea:[2]

Cladogram

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The following cladogram shows the phylogenic relationships of this family to other families within the limacoid clade:[3]

Genera

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Genera of helicarionoids unassigned to families include:

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  • ^ Hausdorf B. (March 2000). "Biogeography of the Limacoidea sensu lato (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora): Vicariance Events and Long-Distance Dispersal". Journal of Biogeography 27(2): 379-390. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2699.2000.00403.x, JSTOR.
  • ^ a b c de Winter A. J. (2008). "Redefinition of Thapsia Albers, 1860, and description of three more helicarionoid genera from western Africa (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)". Zoologische Mededelingen 82. http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/82/nr02/a41. 

    • Taxonomy

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    The Superfamily Helicarionoidea is further organized into finer groupings including:

    Families

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    Ariophantidae

    Ariophantidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails and semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicarionoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). [more]

    Helicarionidae

    Helicarionidae is a family of air-breathing land snails or semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicarionoidea. [more]

    Urocyclidae

    Urocyclidae is a family of air-breathing land snails and semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicarionoidea, (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). [more]

    At least 42 species and subspecies belong to the Family Urocyclidae.

    More info about the Family Urocyclidae may be found here.

    References

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    1. ^ Bourguignat J. R. (1877). "Description de deux nouveaux genres alg?riens, suive d'une classification des families et des genres de Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles du syst?me europ?en". Bulletin de la Soci?t? des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles de Toulouse 3(1): 49-101. page 64.
    2. ^ a b Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., Fr?da J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Vald?s ?. & War?n A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1?397. ISBN 3925919724. ISSN 0076-2997. http://www.archive.org/details/malacologia47122005inst. 
    3. ^ Hausdorf B. (March 2000). "Biogeography of the Limacoidea sensu lato (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora): Vicariance Events and Long-Distance Dispersal". Journal of Biogeography 27(2): 379-390. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2699.2000.00403.x, JSTOR.
    4. ^ a b c de Winter A. J. (2008). "Redefinition of Thapsia Albers, 1860, and description of three more helicarionoid genera from western Africa (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)". Zoologische Mededelingen 82. http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/82/nr02/a41. 

    Sources

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    Last Revised: August 24, 2012
    2012/08/24 17:28:39